“Is that you talking or the wine?”

“Is that you talking or the wine?”

This line comes from a joke but could well be true. A husband and wife are drinking wine. Suddenly the wife says, ”I love you”. The husband smiles, ”Is that you talking or the wine talking”. The wife replies, ”It’s me talking to the wine”.

I love you

Imagining this is a real story, we can assume the couple is happily married. Happily married does not mean problem-free. It’s just that humor has cushioned much of the bumps in their relationship.

I’ve been married 29 years and my dear wife and I have had our share of ‘tribulation’, as one ancient book says. But humor has added so much fun to our marriage.

When I posted the following photo on my Facebook with the caption, ”Beauty and the beast. But ah, who’s the beast?”, I knew she’ll be a sport.

Nevertheless, a word of caution. Do not in any circumstances joke about your wife’s weight or her family. (But she can poke fun at everything about you) If you, the husband, is asked by your wife, ”Honey, do you think I’ve put on weight?”, just borrow this reply from a very enlightened man, ”Sweetheart, now there’s just more of you to love!” I wonder what happened to him?

4 thoughts on ““Is that you talking or the wine?””

I think the trick with how you joke with someone is you need to know them VERY well. I can give you an example.
When my dear husband died suddenly, I was living in Spain at the time and I was in a bad place for quite a while. My husband’s friend, I can easily say his ‘best friend’, phoned me up from the UK to see how I was and to try and cheer me up I suppose.
He came out with a remark which most people would take exception to at that time when you’re grieving. He said “was it your cooking?”
If I hadn’t known this man after him being friends with us for years, I would have taken offence but he made me laugh. He actually taught me that no matter what, you have to look at life with a smile despite the circumstances you’re in.
A few years later I married my late husband’s best friend!

Wow, Ches, what a story! I am imagining right after you married your late husband’s best friend, he said, “You know what Ches, from now on I’m going to do all the cooking.” I’m so glad, despite the pain, you have found love and move on. I hope I am saying all the right things here.